Higher education institutions across the world are recognising the role of collaboration in advancing the quality of education. The surge in international collaboration is yielding promising outcomes. Aegean College in Greece has embraced this new direction through its partnership with the University of Essex in the UK.
Founded in 1946 as part of the Omiros Education Group, Aegean College offers an extensive range of academic courses, and lifelong learning programmes across its four campuses in Greece, located in Athens, Piraeus, Larissa and Thessaloniki. Through its nine schools, it delivers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in subjects such as business, tourism and hospitality, maritime studies, health sciences and STEM subjects. The college is currently preparing to host its first PhD programme in Psychology, which will add to its current student population of over 4.000 students.
Since November 2020, the college has held a strategic partnership with the University of Essex, allowing students enrolled in 80 selected undergraduate and postgraduate courses to graduate with a qualification from a UK university. The University of Essex ensures the overall quality and academic standards of the Aegean College by maintaining robust academic standards and processes equivalent to those used at the University of Essex.
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